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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1612 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CARGO <br />NETWORK REINVESTMENT ZONE; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte has <br /> <br />heretofore, on the 13th day of November, 1989, adopted Resolution <br /> <br />No. 89-19, a Resolution establishing guidelines and criteria <br /> <br />governing tax abatement agreements by the City of La Porte. A <br /> <br />public hearing was held before the City Council of the City of La <br /> <br />Porte on January 8, 1990, pursuant to notice as required by Section <br /> <br />312.201, Texas Tax Code, which notice was published not later than <br /> <br />the 7th day before the date of the hearing in the Bayshore Sun, a <br /> <br />newspaper having general circulation in the City of La Porte, a true <br /> <br />and correct copy of said published notice being attached hereto as <br /> <br />Exhibit "A" and incorporated by reference herein; and pursuant to <br /> <br />notice delivered in writing not later than the 7th day before the <br /> <br />hearing, to the presiding officer of the La Porte Independent School <br />District, and the County Judge of Harris County, Texas, presiding <br /> <br />officer of the County Commissioners Court, on behalf of Harris <br /> <br />County, the Harris County Flood Control District, the Port of <br /> <br />Houston Authority of Harris County, and the Harris County Department <br /> <br />of Education, being all of the taxing units included in the <br /> <br />boundaries of the real property that is to be included in the <br /> <br />proposed reinvestment zone. A copy of the notices to the La Porte <br /> <br />Independent School District and Harris County Commissioners Court, <br /> <br />are attached hereto as Exhibit "Bn and Exhibit "en, respectively, <br /> <br />incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all <br /> <br />purposes. <br /> <br />Section, 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte, having <br />considered the evidence presented at such public hearing, and the <br />documents filed by International Cargo Network, is of the opinion <br /> <br />and finds that the proposed reinvestment zone is within the <br /> <br />corporate limits of the City of La Porte, and meets all of the <br />criteria to be designated as a reinvestment zone, as provided in the <br />